Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14677, Joseph Elliot, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Elliott Joseph Joanna
W. 14677
CONTENTS

1883 10-15 Examined by Barrett a newspaperman. He stated that he did not find the diary & plan of the Army as posted in N.Y. City. Its absence was noticed before Barrett made the statement.
Massachusetts
Anna Elliot Joseph Elliot dec.
He died on the 15 Dec. 1777 at Norfolk in the State of Mass. He was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain Trapp of the _____ in the Mass. for _____ 25 days (which
recorded on the Roll of _____ the rate of 39 Dollars 75 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Dec. 1837 and sent to _____ Green Mansfield Mass.
Due to the 4th of Sept. 1837 $258.01 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 Sept. 1838 19.85
$277.86
Revolutionary Pension, for July 4, 1836. Pension the 3d.
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk. Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 49

Joel Elliot
3/4 mile N. of S. of F.borough nearly 100

State of Massachusetts
Norfolk County ss.
On this fifteenth Day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the Honorable James  the  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court Joanna Elliot a resident of Foxborough (formerly a part of Stoughton) in the county of Norfolk aforesaid & State of Massachusetts aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress July 4. A.D. 1836; That she is the widow of Joseph Elliot who was a soldier in in the army of the Revolution. That to the best of her know- ledge & belief, He the said Elliot, my husband, enlisted on the 7th of March A.D. 1777, & very soon afterwards he went away to join the army. He said that he enlisted under Capt. Moses Knapp for three years & when he went away he carried an Almonac with him & brought the same back with him when he came home. He told me that he noted down times & places to which he marched & I know that it resembles his hand writing. The said Almonac accompanies this declaration.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Elliot on the seventh of May, but of what year cannot she recollect, but believe it to be in 1773. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Elliot returned home about the first of December, I believe on the 3 rd Day, as he said from the army, having a furlough, which I saw, but is now lost. He said that he had been sick in the Hospital. He came home on a Wednesday, was taken sick on Saturday following & died on the fifteenth of December A.D. 1777, having to my belief served in the army 9 months & 8 days. on a furlough  as a private  unarmed And she further declares that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed Joanna  Joanna Elliot

I swear to court submitted the day a year from above mentioned And I hereby certify that the said Joanna Elliot by reason of Old age & bodily infirmity was unable to attend before a court to make the above declaration
J. Leland Judge of Probate
on roll
7 March 1777 for 3 years
Also 31 Jan'y 1778
Cople. admitted
10 mo 25 day. Cople.
#39 3/4
The Commissioners of Pensions will please to communicate with Roland Green Esquire Mansfield. Mass. in relation to this application.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss.
Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County hereby certify that Gardner M. Peak Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within said County & that Sherman Leland is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County & that their respective signatures to the papers assumed are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this fifth day of September A.D. 1837. Jonathan H. Cobb

I Elisha Morse of Attleborough in the county of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy six years of age, do hereby give evidence, testimony, & say, that I very well knew Joseph Elliot of Houghton in the county of Norfolk, and that he was married to Joanna Morse & had one child before he went into the army of the Revolution. In the said Elliot enlisted, I mistake not, on the seventh of March into Moses Knapp's company, but in what year I cannot positively say, but I believe in the year 1777. He enlisted for three years or during the war, & marched from Mansfield, in said county of Bristol to Nonbury, near Weston, with one the subscriber, who enlisted at the same time with him in the same service. After a short stay in Nonbury he was marched under Capt Moses Knapp, in Col. Shepard's Regiment, in Gen. Glover's Brigade to Albany, but the country through which we marched & the places where we halted are not perfectly recollected. From Albany he was marched to Stillwater just before when Gen. Burgoin was taken prisoner, & he the said Elliot with myself was in the battle at Stillwater. After the capture of Burgoin he the said Joseph Elliot was taken sick, & I took his pack & gun & carried them to a boat on the north river, & saw him put on board the boat to be carried to the hospital & never saw him afterwards; but I understood, that he got better, & had a furlow to go home. He acted as a Corporal in the company to which he belonged. He had an Almanac which he carried with him where ever he went, & noted down the places to which he marched. According to the best of my recollection it was in the autumn of the year when he was taken sick & left the army. His widow Joanna Elliot was left in low circumstances with two children & still remains his widow, & further saith not.
The words "now, 'Capt,' the said Elliot," were intended before signing Witness Roland Green Elisha Morse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss.
Elisha Morse
Be it known, that before me, Roland Green Justice of the Peace within & for the said county of Bristol personally appeared the above named Elisha Morse & made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this third day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven. Roland Green Justice of the Peace

Bristol ss. July 3 d 1837 This may certify that the above named Elisha Morse is a credible person.
Richard Green Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Anselus Brannick Register of the Court of Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Richard Green is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the seat of said Court this twenty first day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. A Brannick

I Cornelius Morse of Foxborough in the county of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy five years of age do hereby give evidence testify & say, That I very well knew Joseph Elliot of Houghton in said county of Norfolk, & that he was married to Joanna Morse before he went into the army of the Revolution. He the said Elliot enlisted in Mansfield in the county of Bristol under Capt. Moses Knapp, according to the best of my recollection, towards the close of the winter of 1777 for three years or in the 3 years service. He marched to Roxbury, near Boston with me the subscriber, who enlisted at the same time with him in the same service. From Roxbury he was marched with me under Capt. Moses Knapp in Col. Shepard's Regiment in Gen. Glover's Brigade to Albany. Some time after this, I cannot say how long, I understood that he was taken sick & was carried to the hospital, & never saw him afterwards, but I understood that he had a furlow & went home & died, leaving a widow & two children. Joanna Elliot his widow still remains his widow & further saith not. Cornelius Morse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Norfolk County } ss.
Be it known, that before me Gardner M. Peck a Justice of the Peace within & for said county personally appeared the above named Cornelius Morse & made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven.
Gardner M. Peck Justice of the Peace.
Norfolk ss. June 16 th 1837 This may certify that the above named Cornelius Morse is a credible person.
Gardner M. Peck Justice of the Peace.

I William B. Bates of Mansfield in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & say that I am Clerk of said Town & have the custody of the Records, and I further testify and say that there is in them the following entry "Joseph Elliot and Joanna Munn both of Shagleton were joined together in marriage the 7 th day of May 1773."
By Rev. Roland Green"
Wm B. Bates
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County } ss.
On the twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for said county of Bristol, the above named Wm B. Bates, subscriber to the above affidavit & made solemn oath the above statement by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts — In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & quality the day & year above mentioned.
Roland Green Justice of the Peace

Mansfield MS B Nov 23
Dear
Mr. D. M. C. G. D. Elliott Esq. 2624
J. L. Edwards Commis- sioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mansfield Oct. 25 1834
Dear Sir. — Received a communication dated in Sept r last, from the War Department, Pension Office, stating that the endorsement of the name of a person to whom a report is to be made, is not deemed sufficient. I expect this has some reference to the claim of Joanna Elliott for a pension. As a Justice of the Peace I assisted her. Judge Leland took her declaration & I believe sent on the papers.
As I was not present when Judge Leland took her declaration, I did not know what arrangement he made as to the person to whom a report was to be made, & then called on him, & presented to him the letter I had received. He stated to me that he requested the reports, respecting the above named claim, might be made to me & requested me to give this information to the Pension Office. —
Now Sir, any report, or any information within my power to give will be immediately attended to.
Respectfully Roland Green